Sunday, May 25, 2014

So, I just found out that my 7th cousin 9 x removed (7th-9) Priscilla Gould Wildes' husband, John Wildes had three wives. The first was my cousin Priscilla who died in Massachusetts at about the age of 42.

John's second wife died in Salem... so ahead and guess how... hanged as a witch. Sarah Averill Wildes was 65 when she was cold heartedly murdered by the powers that be and buried in an unmarked grave, but the story does not end there. The alleged witch's husband later married Mary Jacobs.

Mary Jacobs was the widow of George Jacobs who was hanged as a witch shortly after Sarah Wildes. Sometime after the deaths of their spouses, John Wildes and Mary Jacobs married. Ironic coincidence or murder mystery?

How convenient would it be today if you could just get rid of a spouse by shouting Witch?

By the way, Priscilla's daughter Sarah Bishop was also accused of the crime of Witchcraft but she escaped the blood thirsty mob...

Thursday, May 08, 2014

Our American Cary generational and historical study begins with the immigrant Miles CARY [AKA Hon Miles Cary, Miles Cary, Esq, Col. Miles Cary, and sometimes found as Myles Cary] of whom first record in America is found in Warwick county, Va in 1645. He was a gentleman of wealth and influence in early Virginia, Member House of Burgesses, and he settled, met his wife Anne TAYLOR, and lived in Warwick County, Va. His home involved both Magpie Swamps and Windmill Point-both of which were given to him by his father in law Thomas Taylor, and both of which remain important to direct Cary descendants for 8 generations. Miles died in 1667 at Hampton Roads [now the greater Newport News area] at the hands of the Dutch during the final throws of the second and last Dutch Anglo War; his wife survived him by at least 15 years. Miles Cary's tomb in Virginia clearly identified him and his parents, and it included upon it the coat of arms of the Devonshire, England Carys although he himself was from Bristol, England.

Myles (Miles) Cary is my 6th cousin 11 times removed.You → Pop your father → Mamie C. Nichols (Collins) his mother → Martha Collins (BARTLETT) her mother → Nancy Rachel Bartlett (KING) her mother → Sarah Ann King (Bartlett) her mother → Reuben S. BARTLETT her father → John Garner Bartlett his father → WILLIAM BARTLETT his father → WILLIAM BERKLEY his father → Margaret (Brent) Bartlett his mother → Richard Brent her father → Richard Brent, Lord of Stoke and Admington his father → Richard Brent, Lord of Stoke and Admington his father → Sir William Brent, Lord of Stoke and Admington his father → Robert Brent (alias John Buston) his father → Lady Margaret Brent (Mallet) his mother → Hugh Malet, Lord of Sutton and Corypole her father → Baldwin Malet of Enmore & Deandon his father → Lady Eleanor (Mallet) Hody of Pillesdan his daughter → Agnes Cary her daughter → Sir William Carey, Kt. her son → Richard (Robert) Cary, Sr. his son → William Cary his son → John Cary, Sr his son → Col. Myles (Miles) Cary his son

Friday, May 02, 2014

Frank Dalton (June 8, 1859 – November 27, 1887) was a Deputy US Marshal of the Old West under Judge Isaac Parker, for Oklahoma Territory, as well as the older brother to the members of the Dalton Gang, in addition to being the brother to William M. Dalton, once a member of California legislature, and later an outlaw and leader of the Doolin Dalton gang alongside Bill Doolin. Frank Dalton is not to be confused with J. Frank Dalton, who made many claims to be famous people, including his claim of being Frank Dalton, and later Jesse James.

Dalton became, without much effort, the success story of the Dalton family. He was commissioned as a Deputy US Marshal, serving under Judge Parker, and quickly developed a reputation as being a brave lawman. Based out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Dalton was involved in a number of shootouts and high risk arrests over a three year period. However, on November 27, 1887, he and Deputy J.R. Cole were on the trail of outlaw Dave Smith, wanted for horse theft. As they approached Smith's camp, Smith fired a shot from a rifle, hitting Dalton in the chest. Deputy Cole returned fire, killing Smith, but was then shot and wounded by a Smith cohort. Cole was able to make his escape, however, believing Dalton was dead. Dalton, however, was still alive, and engaged the outlaws in a short gunbattle. One of Smith's cohorts was wounded, and a woman who was in the camp was killed during the crossfire. Frank Dalton was dead by the time Deputy Cole returned with a posse, having been killed with two additional rifle shots by outlaw Will Towerly. The outlaw wounded by Dalton never revealed his own name. He died shortly thereafter, but not before naming Towerly as Frank Dalton's murderer. A newspaper of the time indicated Dalton had begged Towerly not to kill him, saying he was already dying. However that was a rumour, and there were no witnesses to the crime who ever made that statement. Towerly was killed one month later by Deputy William Moody and Deputy US Marshal Ed Stokley. Stokley was also killed during the gunfight.